Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In the second of a series of posts gleaned from the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, Dr John Reynolds proposes that DFO adopt a prime directive “where management objectives are expressively expressly prohibited from influencing science.”Dr Reynolds is a professor of Aquatic Ecology and Conservation at Simon Fraser University, the lead or co-author of 183 peer reviewed publications and Chair of the Committee on the status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (better known as COSEWIC).This was taken from the presentation he made on May 5, 2022: